FILM DIRECTOR

David Dhawan

1955 - Today

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David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1951) is an Indian director of Hindi films. A member of the Dhawan family, he has directed over 42 films. The 1993 action thriller Aankhen and 1999 comedy Biwi No.1 earned him nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Dhawan has received more than 4,227,153 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). David Dhawan is the 1,715th most popular film director (down from 1,686th in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from India (down from 940th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Dhawan ranks 1,715 out of 2,041. Before him are Ursula Meier, Yeon Sang-ho, Floria Sigismondi, Frank Coraci, Lesli Linka Glatter, and Hal Hartley. After him are Sam Esmail, Mohammad Rasoulof, Brad Silberling, James Marsh, Antonia Bird, and Mia Hansen-Løve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, David Dhawan ranks 612. Before him are Bernd Riexinger, Cedric Maxwell, Joanne Chory, Matthias Behr, Peter Christopherson, and Nikolina Shtereva. After him are Christopher Lawford, Beto Almeida, Cheikh Lô, Joel Surnow, Carl E. Walz, and Alicia Dickenstein.

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In India

Among people born in India, David Dhawan ranks 1,006 out of 1,861. Before him are Shahid Kapoor (1981), Kapil Sibal (1948), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), J. P. Nadda (1960), and Twinkle Khanna (1974). After him are Rajmohan Gandhi (1935), Rohan Bopanna (1980), Sarika (1962), Tarun Gogoi (1936), Amarinder Singh (1942), and V. N. Janaki (1923).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, David Dhawan ranks 29. Before him are Mani Ratnam (1956), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), Tariq Anwar (1945), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), B. R. Chopra (1914), and K. Balachander (1930). After him are Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Mehboob Khan (1907), Aditya Chopra (1971), Farah Khan (1965), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), and Basu Chatterjee (1930).

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